January 17 - Eisenhower allegedly orders assassination of Congo's Lumumba
March 9 - 1st animal returned from space, dog named Blackie aboard Sputnik 9
April 17 - 1,400 Cuban exiles land in Bay of Pigs attempt to overthrow Castro
May 1 - Pulitzer prize awarded to Harper Lee for To Kill a Mockingbird
May 20 - White mob attacks "Freedom Riders" in Montgomery, Alabama
August 18 - Construction on Berlin Wall completed
September 21 - Antonio Abertondo swims English Channel round trip (44 miles)
November 15 - U.N. bans nuclear arms
(1961 in History)
January 17 - Eisenhower allegedly orders assassination of Congo's Lumumba
March 9 - 1st animal returned from space, dog named Blackie aboard Sputnik 9
April 17 - 1,400 Cuban exiles land in Bay of Pigs attempt to overthrow Castro
May 1 - Pulitzer prize awarded to Harper Lee for To Kill a Mockingbird
May 20 - White mob attacks "Freedom Riders" in Montgomery, Alabama
August 18 - Construction on Berlin Wall completed
September 21 - Antonio Abertondo swims English Channel round trip (44 miles)
November 15 - U.N. bans nuclear arms
(1961 in History)